[U-Boot] u-boot-2010.03 build errors with USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=yes option

[Dennis Ruffer <daruffer@gmail.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
> bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Denk
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:58 AM
> To: Vipin KUMAR
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Shiraz HASHIM
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] u-boot-2010.03 build errors with
> USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=yes option
> 
> Dear Vipin KUMAR,
> 
> In message <4C3EECDB.7000708@st.com> you wrote:
> >
> > Since this option -msoft-float is passed from arch/arm/cpu/config.mk,
> and it
> > is common for all arm configurations. Is there a good way to pass -
> mhard-float..
> 
> Why would you want to do that? We don't use any FP code in U-Boot
> anyway.

We have actually seen issues with the post memory tests using the -mfpu=neon
and -ftree-vectorize under gcc 4.4.1.  So, I would be very careful with FP
flags until someone figures out how to fix the 64-bit access operators that
the memory test uses.

DaR

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> 
> Wolfgang Denk
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